Blog entries for "General"
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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( 31 Jul 2017 ) The 97th Salzburg Festival opened officially on 27 July 2017 with a festive ceremony at the Felsenreitschule. After Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler welcomed the guests, Landeshauptmann Wilfried Haslauer and Federal Minister Thomas Drozda spoke, the lawyer and writer Ferdinand von Schirach delivered the keynote address and Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria, gave the opening speech.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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( 14 Jul 2017 ) The exhibition in the entrance foyer of the Grosses Festspielhaus on 22 July is a cooperation with the Leica Gallery Salzburg and the Leica Camera AG. It allows the audience to get a glimpse “Behind the Scenes” of the Salzburg Festival 2017.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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( 20 Jun 2017 ) Also in this Festival Summer the Association of Friends of the Salzburg Festival supports a comfortable and free transfer for the festival guests with public means of transport.
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( 24 May 2017 ) In addition to resounding names like Anna Netrebko, Thomas Hampson, Krassimira Stoyanova, Rolando Villazón, Elīna Garanča or Piotr Beczala the “young voices” are also increasingly moving into the limelight.
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( 15 May 2017 ) Marie Jacquot (France), Kerem Hasan (Great Britain) and Nuno Filipe Coelho Silva (Portugal) are the three choosen young finalists competing for the 2017 prize during the Award Concert Weekend.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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published in: Opera, General
( 8 May 2017 ) Thomas Adès wins the Opera Award in the category "World Premiere"! His opera The Exterminating Angel, commissioned by the Salzburg Festival and premiered in 2016, convinced the expert jury of the Opera Awards.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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( 25 Apr 2017 ) 100 years ago, on 25 April 1917, Max Reinhardt sent his “Memorandum regarding the Construction of a Festival Theatre in Hellbrunn” to Vienna.
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( 18 Apr 2017 ) Due to high demand, the Salzburg Festival will double the number of its youth subscriptions in 2017. Altogether, 6,000 tickets for operas, dramas and concerts will be reserved for young people up to the age of 26 (i.e. born after June 30, 1990) with discounts of up to 90%.
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FESTSPIELKIEBITZ
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( 4 Apr 2017 ) Since 01 April 2017, the Salzburg Festival Directorate has three members again. Lukas Crepaz had his first official day as the new Executive Director of the Salzburg Festival yesterday and was introduced to the staff at the Festspielhaus.
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( 28 Mar 2017 ) In the history of the Vienna Philharmonic, which celebrates their 175th anniversary on 28 March 2017, Salzburg occupies a special place – since 1925 the city is the orchestra's summer home.
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